Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2019 Apr 10;122:88–93. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.04.007

Table 3:

Adjusted predicted prevalence of unhealthy weight control behaviors and least square means of emotional well-being by teasing by family among adolescents in four ethnic groups (adjusted for BMI)

Unhealthy weight control behaviors (%)
Boys Girls

No Yes Difference* p- value^ No Yes Difference* p- value^
Teased about weight by family 39.7% 62.0% 22.3 <.001 50.4% 70.2% 19.8 <.001
Ethnic groups .008 <.001
 Latinx 32.3% 60.1% 27.9 40.1% 57.9% 17.7
 Hmong 38.9% 67.7% 28.8 61.2% 75.2% 13.9
 Somali 63.7% 64.9% 1.3 61.9% 85.0% 23.1
 White 23.9% 55.1% 31.2 38.3% 62.8% 24.5

Body satisfaction (mean)
Boys Girls

No Yes Difference* p- value^ No Yes Difference* p- value^
Teased about weight by family 44.4 39.6 −4.8 <.001 42.1 38.3 −3.8 .001
Ethnic groups <.001 .001
 Latinx 44.4 41.3 −3.1 42.8 39.5 −3.3
 Hmong 40.4 36.0 −4.4 38.7 36.0 −2.7
 Somali 46.1 38.1 −8.1 43.3 41.5 −1.8
 White 46.8 42.9 −3.9 43.5 38.0 −5.5

Self esteem (mean)
Boys Girls

No Yes Difference* p- value^ No Yes Difference* p- value^
Teased about weight by family 18.2 16.7 −1.5 <.001 17.8 15.9 −1.9 <.001
Ethnic groups <.001 <.001
 Latinx 18.6 17.5 −1.1 17.7 16.4 −1.2
 Hmong 16.8 15.6 −1.3 16.5 15.1 −1.5
 Somali 18.1 16.8 −1.4 19.3 16.9 −2.4
 White 19.2 17.2 −2.0 17.6 15.3 −2.3

Depressive symptoms (mean)
Boys Girls

No Yes Difference* p- value^ No Yes Difference* p- value^
Teased about weight by family 15.4 17.2 1.8 <.001 17.1 20.4 3.2 <.001
Ethnic groups .031 .099
 Latinx 15.6 17.1 1.5 17.3 20.3 3.0
 Hmong 15.5 18.1 2.5 17.9 20.0 2.1
 Somali 14.7 14.6 −0.1 15.4 20.0 4.6
 White 15.6 19.1 3.5 18.0 21.4 3.5
*

prevalence difference between those who have and have not been teased about weight by family

^

p-value for main effect